Surprise, there is someone that will just have
one car, and can't just find "
an ICE car" to use when they find that they really should have ordered the solar panel with their BEV
The problem that I see is that many people have HIGHLY overrated perception of the output and performance of solar.
You need a lot of square footage to produce some notable solar output as it would pertain the capacity of a Tesla. There just isn't enough space on the roof of a Tesla to produce any notable kWh's. See my solar progress per panel below in my signature.
Secondly - Do you realize how many failure ( service center ) points that would be added to the mass produced M3?
There are people who already park their Teslas for long periods at the airport. So its obviously not necessary to have a solar roof. The person who made the post says - that they are parking at the airport for long periods of time...so..... Its happening without the option of ordering the solar panel roof....and obviously - aren't' getting stranded....sooo...... I'm not sure what they want.
Again it would take over a month to get a 10% charge on a 100D - as long as the car was facing 33 degrees directly directly into the sun all day - in the summer time in Chicago where the days are the longest.
Again the 100D only depletes 2.7% in a month during the same time frame at the same time of the year. And only depletes 10.7% during a month in the winter.
So you mean I would lose 27 miles out of 270 miles in a month? I would still have approx. 240 miles left? Where in the US can you be where in 240 or even 180 miles you can't get to a Tesla SC?
No thanks on the solar roof.....I would rather have my panoramic roof view.
Tesla is the only Car maker that we can have this discussion about because nothing currently compares to the range of a Tesla. If a Tesla can't do it, don't EV it.
If you know that 200+ miles is'nt enough distance for your needs...then don't make your only car an EV.